Ancient Indian Gandharan Greek - Buddhist Schist Head - 300 AD
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An extremely fine and beautiful ancient Gandharan schist head of a man, possibly representing Prince Siddhartha and dating to approximately 300 A.D.A beautiful, genuine piece of Gandharan sculpture, depicting the head of a man, the elegant features sensitively rendered, with almond eyes, gentle smile, and hair bound in elaborate turban. So-called Gandharan Sculpture was produced in parts of modern-day India, Pakistan and Afghanistan from the first century A.D. In the second century B.C. these areas were ruled by the Graeco-Bactrians, the farthest flung people of the Greek World, who brought with them the beautiful Hellenistic Greek Artistic tradition. This tradition became incorporated into the art of the region, resulting in a kind of "Graeco-Buddhist" Art from the 1st to the 3rd Centuries A.D., persisting for centuries later. Height of schist head: 1 3/4 inches. Height as mounted on bronze plynth: 2 3/4 inches.Condition: Very good, fragment as shown. Unrestored. Carved in exquisite style. A wonderful small scale example of Gandharan sculpture.Provenance: Ex. Collection of Brigadier Athelwood Colin Deveraux Watts and Mrs Rosemary Margaret Dyce Watts.Brigadier Watts was Great Britain's Defence Attach� in Pakistan from 1982 - 1985. Brigadier and Mrs Watts travelled extensively in the Northern provinces of Pakistan during their time
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